The original Cape Town settlement, and what is now the City Bowl, is in the natural amphitheatre formed by these features.

Devil’s peak, like the rest of these, is an outcrop of sandstone, a stratum referred to as the Table Mountain Sandstone. underneath this there is granite and shale, but you won't find either of these on Devil's peak.

Devil's peak stands 1000 meters (3821 feet) high, less than Table mountain’s 1087 meters. One can walk to the top, but the ascent is nicer and safer outside of the cold, wet, slippery winter months of May – August. The vegetation on the slopes is typical Cape fynbos.